June 22, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
A migrant woman gave birth to a child right after she arrived together with other migrants on the islet Barbalias North-East off the island of Lesvos on Wednesday. Mother and newborn are in good health and in hospital in Mytilene. Only a few hours old, newborn boy must be the …
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March 21, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Norwegian photographer Knut Bry who was detained last week at the island of Lesvos on espionage charges, was released from custody on Monday. The 75-year-old photographer was reportedly released on a 4,000-euro bail and on condition of informing Greek port and police authorities each time he arrives at – or …
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March 17, 2022
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
Famous Norwegian photographer Knut Bry was arrested on the island of Lesvos on Wednesday afternoon, while shooting pictures at the harbor of the island in the eastern Aegean Sea. According to local non-governmental organizations, Bry was arrested on the charge of espionage. In a brief statement, the Norwegian Embassy in …
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March 1, 2022
Very Mix
A shipwreck with six dead so far has occurred in the sea off the coast of Lesvos, near the PPC factory in Epano Skala, Mytilene. It is suggested that there was a shipwreck as so far, the boat has not been located, nor was there any distress signal to authorities. …
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February 16, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
Efstratia Mavrapidou, one of the famous three Grannies of Lesvos, passed away at the age of 96. The three grannies became a symbol of solidarity with refugees in 2015, when they offered to feed and comfort a refugee baby and give a break to the mother from Syria who fled …
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December 22, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Local authorities describe the pandemic situation on the island of Lesvos as “extremely bad” as about 70 cases of coronavirus infections are being confirmed every day.”There are thoughts of a mini lockdown,” says the vice governor of the island in the eastern Aegean Sea. Particularly affected are teachers and students …
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December 5, 2021
FEATURED, Politics, World
Pope Francis returned to the Greek island of Lesvos on Sunday to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was Europe’s indifference and self-interest “that condemns to death those on the fringes.” “Please, let us stop this shipwreck of civilization!” Francis said at the …
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October 14, 2021
Politics, World
Pope Francis will be visiting the island of Lesvos in late November or early December, when he will visit Greece. The island that has received the most refugees is included in the list of destinations of Pope Francis’ upcoming tour in the country, state-run news agency amna reported. The visit …
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August 17, 2021
Politics, Refugees
Representatives of the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches and migrants joined in a prayer for all refugees of the world. The event took place in Mytilene on the island of Lesvos on Tuesday afternoon. The event was held by the statue of a refugee mother from the Asia Minor disaster …
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July 30, 2021
Refugees
Two women and one child have been missing and ten people were rescued when a rubber dinghy carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece sank off the northern coast of the island of Lesvos on Friday morning. According to state broadcaster ERT, a patrolling boat of the Greek Coast Guard got …
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July 21, 2021
Refugees
An one-year-old refugee child was taken to the hospital of Mytilene from the camp of Kara Tepe on Wednesday, where doctors could only confirm its death. Tthe child had high fever and vomited and was not transported to the hospital in time, local media report. The child of a single-parent …
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July 14, 2021
Refugees
The number of refugees and migrants on the island of Lesvos has dropped below 5,000 for the first time in 2016, the Migration Ministry said on Tuesday. In the figures released, the ministry said there are 4,994 people on the North Aegean island that bore the brunt of migration flows. …
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June 14, 2021
Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish patrol boats harassed Greek coast guard vessels in two separate incidents off the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos over the weekend. The incidents took place just hours before the meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO Summit …
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June 10, 2021
Politics, Refugees
Almost 9 months after a fire gutted a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos, work on a new reception center has still not begun despite pledges to have the facility built before next winter, Greece’s migration minister confirmed Wednesday. Greek authorities said the fires were started deliberately last …
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May 28, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greece has launched a European Union-wide tender to build two closed-type facilities replacing migrant camps on its islands, a move that has been criticised by a leading human rights advocate. The conservative government first announced in late 2019 its plan to move asylum-seekers to closed holding centres as part of …
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May 25, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
A 63-year-old woman died at the general hospital of Lesvos on Tuesday. She had reportedly developed thrombosis syndrome (TTS) after she was vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine in March. It is the first death following vaccination in the country. According to news website in.gr and other Greek media, the woman …
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April 24, 2021
Politics, Refugees
The first 54 of some 600 migrants who currently stay at the Kara Tepe reception and identification center on Lesvos island were transferred to a temporary fenced camp nearby early Saturday morning. The evacuation has been made in view of Kara Tepe shutting down in a few days’ time, the …
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March 30, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The visit of EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on the island of Lesvos and Samos was met with protests by both locals and refugees. As the Commissioner visited the camps to discuss the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and funding to Greece, charities warned that the …
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March 19, 2021
Refugees
The mayors of the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos have called on the European Union on Thursday to amend the proposal for the new migration pact, saying “it unduly burdens front-line countries, damaging their national interests and creating gray zones in the eastern borders of the EU.” “It is …
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February 17, 2021
FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis paid a visit to the hot spot of Kara Tepe on the island of Lesvos at midnight Tuesday. The Minister inspected the living conditions of the approximately 7,000 asylum-seekers in the camp, where icy conditions prevailed, and “issued instructions for their improvement,” state media …
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